Bahrain

International Diplomacy

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Abraham Accords Offer Historic Opportunity to Spur Mideast Growth
The Abraham Accords have heralded a dramatic shift in the relationship between Israel and the Muslim nations of the world. While these accords represent a major political breakthrough, they also represent a possible new chapter in the region's development: away from conflict and toward a shared economic vision of prosperity.
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Mar 25, 2021
United Press International
Daniel Egel, Shira Efron, et al.

Nation Building

commentary
The Year of the Arab Spring
The Arab Spring demonstrated that leaderless revolutions are difficult to repress or co-opt. Unfortunately, it is also true that leaderless revolts find it difficult to make transition to authority, writes Charles Ries.
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Dec 20, 2011
GlobalSecurity.org and The RAND Blog
Charles P. Ries @charles_ries
International Diplomacy

commentary
Bahrain Protests: A Point of No Return for Ruling Family—and Obama
The only route out of the current impasse may be a fully functioning and pluralistic parliament like the one that enabled Bahrain's golden days, writes Frederic Wehrey.
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Feb 23, 2011
Christian Science Monitor
Frederic Wehrey
Bahrain

commentary
In Bahrain, Democracy in Action or Just Divide and Rule?
Published commentary by RAND staff: In Bahrain, Democracy in Action or Just Divide and Rule?, in Arab Reform Bulletin.
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Dec 15, 2006
Arab Reform Bulletin
Frederic Wehrey

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There is no question that the Iraq War upended the balance of power in the Middle East, but the war has had a similarly profound effect on American politics as well. It left sizeable swaths of the American population on both the left and the right questioning not only whether the United States should conduct armed nation-building in the future, but to what degree, if any, the United States should be militarily involved abroad at all.

Raphael S. Cohen

Director, Strategy and Doctrine Program, RAND Project AIR FORCE

Source: The RAND Blog

The Iraq War had profound consequences for U.S.-Iran relations, as it turned Iraq into a site of indirect conflict between the United States and Iran. The political instability that accompanied the war, moreover, created an opening for Iran to increase its influence in Iraqi domestic politics and internal affairs.

Michelle Grisé

Policy Researcher

Source: The RAND Blog

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Abraham Accords Offer Historic Opportunity to Spur Mideast Growth

The Year of the Arab Spring

Bahrain Protests: A Point of No Return for Ruling Family—and Obama

In Bahrain, Democracy in Action or Just Divide and Rule?

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